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Institutional barriers to actionable science: Perspectives from decision support tool creators

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Olivia Pearman, and Amanda E Cravens, 2021-12-15, Institutional barriers to actionable science: Perspectives from decision support tool creators: Environmental Science & Policy, v. 128, p. 317-325.

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Scholars have identified a ‘usability gap’ between science and its ability to inform real-world decisions as well as a range of factors that facilitate or impede attempts to span the usability gap with information products. However, most attention has focused on barriers related to information users; much less research focuses on the unique institutional and organizational barriers experienced by creators of decision support tools. To address this gap, we used semi-structured interviews to investigate the perspectives and experiences of practitioners holding scientific or technology roles, including their goals for their tools, their perceptions of success in meeting those goals, and the barriers and opportunities they encountered. [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • North Central CASC

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